Anastasia-Maria Hountalas

Anastasia-Maria Hountalas

Anastasia-Maria Hountalas (she/her) is a partner at Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, where she advises and represents clients in all aspects of professional regulation. She prosecutes a wide range of disciplinary and regulatory offences. Anastasia-Maria also assists clients on appeal and regularly appears before the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal.

Anastasia-Maria provides training for statutory committees on governance and current issues in professional regulation. Anastasia-Maria speaks at the Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation (CNAR), the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR), SML Online Learning Series and other professional education conferences. She is a co-author of Richard Steinecke’s book A Complete Guide to the Regulated Health Professions Act and often contributes to SML’s Regulation Pro blog.

Anastasia-Maria is an Adjunct Professor in the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Global Professional Master of Laws Program where she teaches Professional Responsibility. She served on the Board of Directors of Young Women in Law as President and now sits on the Advisory Board.

Anastasia-Maria began her career in the litigation department of a leading national law firm, with a focus on health law. Anastasia-Maria is proficient in French. Anastasia-Maria completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History at McGill University and obtained her law degree from Queen’s University.

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  • “Top Ten Cases You Need to Know About” SML Online Learning Series, December 2025
  • “Discipline Costs in Context: A Cross-Canada Perspective on the Charkhandeh Decision” CBA Alberta Administrative Law (North) Section, September 2025
  • “Law and Public Policy Discussion Series: Misinformation and Trust in Public Institutions” Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy & CBA Saskatchewan, May 2025
  • “Money, Money, Money: Financial Elements of Disciplinary Proceedings” Prosecutors’ Network, November 2024
  • Purpose-driven sanctionsLaw360 Canada, part of LexisNexis Canada Inc, October 2024
  • “Disciplinary Proceedings: Who Pays and How Much? What Can Regulators Learn from Divergent Approaches in Different Provinces?” CNAR Ottawa, October 2024
  • “Which Rights Where? Understanding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Regulatory Context” CNAR Ottawa, October 2024
  • “Top Ten Cases” CLEAR Baltimore, September 2024
  • “Transforming for Risk-Based Data-Driven Continuing Competence Programs” CLEAR Baltimore, September 2024
  • A new criterion for evaluating regulatorsLaw360 Canada, part of LexisNexis Canada Inc, July 2024
  • “Regulatory Potpourri: Interesting Updates in Professional Regulation” SML Online Learning Series, November 2023
  • “Registration with Colleges (Registration/Fairness/Jurisdiction)” Osgoode Certificate in Professional Regulation & Discipline in the Ontario Health Care Sector, November 2023
  • “Transforming Quality Assurance for Risk-Based Regulation” CNAR Vancouver, October 2023
  • “A Regulator’s Role in Mental Health and Wellness” CNAR Vancouver, October 2023
  • “Top Ten Cases” CLEAR Salt Lake City, September 2023
  • “Fitness to Practise” SML Online Learning Series, June 2023
  • “Digital Evidence” SOAR Investigation Training 2023
  • “Recent COVID-19 Issues in Professional Regulation” SML Online Learning Series, November 2022
  • “Implications of an Increasingly Digital World on Investigation and Regulation” CNAR Charlottetown, October 2022
  • “Responding to the Harassment and Abuse of Regulatory Staff” CNAR Charlottetown, October 2022
  • “Managing the Tensions Between Disclosure and Confidentiality” Prosecutors’ Network, Spring Round Table, May 2022
  • “Back to Basics: 8 Things to Consider When Conducting a Virtual Hearing” CNAR Network Newsletter, July 2022